Chapter 175 Anyway, no loss

Chapter 175 Anyway, no loss

Chapter 175 Anyway, no loss
Those who sell oil will reduce production if they want the price of oil to rise.

Selling grass is probably the same. You can only get a good price if there is demand.

If there is no demand, find a way to create it.

Jiang Ning worked until midnight and did not return until after three in the morning.

I slept until eight in the morning and still felt energetic.

After staying for two days, I am ready to go back.

Jiang Ning asked his cousin and sister-in-law: "I'm going back. Are you going back with me or are you planning to play for a few days?"

Deng Xiaoyun asked: "Won't you arrange a job for me?"

Jiang Ning asked her: "What do you want to do?"

Deng Xiaoyun said: "How would I know? I'll do whatever you tell me to do!"

Jiang Ning asked again: "Do you want to go to Australia or stay here?"

Deng Xiaoyun rolled her eyes and asked, "Are the wages higher in Australia or here?"

Jiang Ning said: "They are all 3,000 yuan."

Deng Xiaoyun immediately said: "Then I'll stay here."

Even a fool can figure out the math.

The US dollar is issued in the United States, so how can the Australian dollar be as valuable as the US dollar?
Jiang Ning called Qiao An to give him some instructions, and then asked Xu Wenjing: "Are you going back to China?"

Xu Wenjing didn't want to go back: "I've only been here for a few days. I won't go back yet. I finally came to America, but I haven't been anywhere. I want to go to Los Angeles and New York. I'll play for a month first."

Jiang Ning finally said to Lao Yang: "Don't go back yet. I'll find you a tour guide to take you around."

The old man immediately shook his head: "I won't go anywhere else. There's nothing better to do in this place."

Jiang Ning said, "The farm is running smoothly now, and there is nothing urgent to do. It's not easy to come to the United States, but you haven't been anywhere and just stayed at the ranch for two days. You should at least stay a few more days to visit those big cities."

The old man was a little hesitant and didn't want to trouble anyone.

After Jiang Ning persuaded him for a while, he reluctantly stayed.

I stayed in Los Angeles for two days and bought some daily necessities.

The sanitary pads I bought for you last time are almost used up, so I have to buy diapers.

That thing is too wasteful. My little niece used two or three a day before, but now she uses them as disposables and replaces them after they are peed on. Basically, she uses a pack every three days. The Americans' work efficiency is too low. I contacted the supplier and waited for two days before I purchased all the stuff.

Fly to the capital and put it in the warehouse.

I found another semi-trailer and loaded it up full to transport it back.

Jiang Ning flew to the provincial capital and arrived at the farm in the middle of the night.

His wife and children were already asleep, so he didn't go in.

I slept in the next room until dawn and heard a child crying at around seven in the morning.

I got up, washed my face, brushed my teeth, and then went next door to see the kids.

Feng Yu hadn't gotten up yet, but Feng Xue had.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding the little one in one hand and feeding the child with a bottle in the other.

Feng Yu yawned and asked him, "What time did you come back last night?"

"Thirty-thirty."

Jiang Ning responded and stood beside Feng Xue to look at the child.

I haven't seen him for almost a month, and the little guy has changed a lot.

She has grown up completely, with a round and fleshy face.

It's very pleasing to look at.

The eyes are also big, with two round eyeballs.

Her double eyelids are the same as her mother's.

She was just not very quiet. While eating from the bottle, her two little hands tried hard to grab the bottle. Unfortunately, her hand and eyes were not coordinated yet, and she failed to grab the bottle after trying for a long time. She also made some "hmm" and "ah" sounds while eating, and I had no idea what she wanted to express.

Jiang Ning asked, "Can you recognize people?"

Feng Yu said: "It's only been two months. It will take three months to recognize people."

Jiang Ning calculated the time: "It's almost time. Today is the seventh. In 21 days it will be three months."

Feng Yu asked: "Have you bought the diapers? They are almost sold out."

"Bought."

Jiang Ning said: "It will be delivered in a few days."

Feng Yu stretched and said, "It's fine if your cousin doesn't come back, but why doesn't Xu Wenjing come back either?"

Jiang Ning said, "She finally got a chance to go to America, so she had to have some fun for a few days. She flew over from Australia but didn't go anywhere. She just followed me to the ranch. Old Yang didn't come either, so he had to stay there for a while."

As he spoke, he climbed onto the bed, sat beside Feng Xue and held one of the little guy's feet.

I put my nose close to it and smelled it, but there was no strange smell at all.

Unlike his stinky feet, which he has to wash every night before going to bed.

Feng Yu won’t let you go to bed if you don’t wash.

The little guy finished his breakfast quickly.

Feng Xue put the bottle aside and prepared to burp the baby.

"Let me do it!"

Jiang Ning took the child and let the little guy lie on his shoulders.

Pat on the back gently.

I put it down only after I heard the little guy burp.

The right hand is holding the baby in the crook of the arm, and the left hand is holding the baby's arm.

The kid looked at him.

Jiang Ning also looked at her, pinched her little hand and said, "Baby, smile for daddy."

The little guy was very considerate and grinned.

But there are only smiling faces but no laughter.

Jiang Ning was surprised: "You can laugh now?"

Feng Yu said: "She can laugh now. She will laugh when someone she knows hugs her, but it's still an unconscious laugh, she won't laugh out loud."

Jiang Ning was very happy: "That means my baby still remembers his father."

The child’s smile is so pure, it is just happiness from the heart, without any negative connotation.

It can easily infect people.

The little guy has stopped smiling.

But the smiling face at that moment remained in Jiang Ning's mind.

It softened his stone-like heart a little.

After Feng Xue washed the milk powder, she did not come in and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Jiang Ning was teasing the child when suddenly the little guy burst into tears.

"What's going on here?"

Jiang Ning was a little flustered and didn't know what to do.

Feng Yu yawned again, then slowly got up and said, "It's easy to get bloated in the past two months, so it must be because of stomach discomfort. But it didn't cry much in February, but it's been crying a lot recently. I guess it's indigestion."

Jiang Ning handed the child to her.

Feng Yu took the child and laid him flat on the bed.

Then press your stomach gently.

After a while, the little guy calmed down and fell asleep.

Feng Yu got up, got dressed and went to wash up.

Jiang Ning sat on the bed, looking at the sleeping child quietly.

Only after Feng Xue finished washing up did she get out of bed and go downstairs.

My aunt has already prepared breakfast and is waiting for him to come downstairs to eat.

When he saw him, he asked, "What is Deng Xiaoyun doing in the United States?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "I'm currently at the ranch getting familiar with the environment, and I don't plan to come back for the time being!"

Zhang Yufang asked: "Can she do it?"

Jiang Ning hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I don't know what to say when you ask this."

Zhang Yufang was worried: "Outside is not like my hometown. Chengdu is far away, but I can still go there if something happens. America is so far away. If something happens, I don't know how to go there. I have been worried about it for the past few days and can't sleep at night."

Jiang Ning said, "Why worry? Sister Xiaoyun is out there enjoying her life. Maybe you won't want to come back after you go out."

Zhang Yufang was amused: "What's so good about the outside world? No place like home is better than your own."

Jiang Ning felt that he could not communicate with the older generation.

This is pure old thinking.

The world is so big and so wonderful.

If you don't go out and take a look, how can you see how vast the world is?

After breakfast, we drove around a lot.

In March, the ground is thawing and willow trees are beginning to bloom.

The workers are busy preparing for the fields and will sow seeds when the temperature becomes suitable.

Before winter last year, the grassland was plowed and leveled. After the beginning of spring, there were strong winds every day, and dust was flying all over the sky. If the windowsills of the villa were not wiped every day, there would be a layer of dirt. The environment was simply terrible.

This is the main reason why Jiang Ning is unwilling to plant more land.

The northwest wind is strong, and the strong winds in early spring are really disgusting.

We still need to plant more trees to block the wind and sand.

The acre of arable land was not plowed after the rapeseed harvest last year and was only plowed after the spring.

Last winter, God was merciful and we had several heavy snowfalls.

After the snow melts in spring, there is plenty of moisture in the soil.

The soil was still wet after being plowed.

It's time to turn the seeds over, otherwise the soil will be too dry and the seeds won't germinate.

Still need to water.

Jiang Ning asked his uncle: "When do we start planting trees?"

Chen Xuefeng said, "We have to wait. It's been a cold snap late in spring. The nights are too cold. The fruit trees are too precious and can't stand the cold. If the temperature is too low at night, they will get frozen to death. It won't be too late to plant them until the end of March or the beginning of April."

Jiang Ning chatted with him for a few words and then went somewhere else.

I went to the vegetable garden and saw that my uncle and aunt were also busy.

I hired a lot of temporary workers to grow vegetables.

My uncle Zhang Yuedong is a very cautious person. He would rather earn less than take too much risk.

Growing and selling vegetables is a stable business, but you won’t make a lot of money.

Even if the farm's vegetables have no trouble selling, it can only make about one million yuan a year.

I get up early and go to bed late, busy every day.

Jiang Ning felt that it was not worth it, so he asked his uncle, "Does your uncle have five million?"

Zhang Yuedong didn't want to reveal his family background: "What?" Jiang Ning said: "If you have five million, I think your aunt doesn't need to grow vegetables anymore. She's too busy every day. The second ranch has started to attract investors. I think you can rent a ranch to raise cattle. That's easier and you can earn more."

Zhang Yuedong was not interested: "Raising cattle is not that easy. The more you earn, the more you lose."

Jiang Ning said, "You'll choke if you drink cold water. How can you do business without taking risks? Look at the cows on the ranch. They are well-fed and none of them have died of illness. The breeding cost is low there. You can raise a thousand cows by renting a two-hundred-acre ranch. It's troublesome to raise cows, but you can raise beef cattle. The current price of cattle is cheap. A calf costs five or six thousand yuan. It can be sold for more than ten thousand yuan after two years of raising. Raising a thousand cows for two years can make at least five million yuan. You only need to hire two people. It's much easier than growing vegetables."

Zhang Yuedong said, "Your calculation is good, but it's not that easy to actually raise them. You don't raise many on your ranch, so it's fine if you raise them casually, but it's a different story if you raise more. I don't know the tricks of large-scale breeding. If I fail, all my hard work over the years will be in vain. I'm familiar with growing vegetables, and I'm content if I can earn more than one million a year."

Jiang Ning retreated and gave up trying to persuade him.

I drove to the office building and saw an Envision parked downstairs.

Look at the license plate, it's not his.

It seems to be Zhang Yulong’s car.

My uncle bought me a car when I got married.

When I went upstairs, I saw Yao Lili as expected.

After dealing with the employees who greeted him, he asked Yao Lili, "Are you at work?"

Yao Lili nodded.

Jiang Ning asked again: "Did you drive the Envision?"

Yao Lili nodded again.

The workplace is not home.

Jiang Ning didn't say much to her and went to the office.

As soon as he sat down, Kong Fangfei came over and, as usual, put a pile of bills and receipts on the table for him.

Jiang Ning took it, flipped it over, and took a pen from the pen holder to sign.

Kong Fangfei stood by and asked, "Boss, Mr. Yang hasn't come back yet?"

Jiang Ning hummed: "I'm going to play in America for a few days."

Kong Fangfei was so envious: "When will you arrange an overseas trip for your employees so that we can go out and broaden our horizons."

Jiang Ning said unhappily, "You've received so much in year-end bonus, why don't you go out and travel?"

Kong Fangfei said confidently, "A budget trip to America costs tens of thousands of dollars. A family trip costs at least 100,000 dollars, and it's probably not enough. Who would want to spend their own money? Or maybe you should just not give out year-end bonuses this year. You can organize everyone to go abroad to broaden their horizons. Otherwise, once you get the money, you won't be willing to spend it."

Jiang Ning said, "What nonsense are you talking about? There are still some farm workers whose families are in financial difficulty and are waiting for food to be cooked. There are many people like Wang Cuifang who are starving. Why don't you go and ask Wang Cuifang if she needs money or if she wants to travel abroad?"

Kong Fangfei said: "It can be implemented according to everyone's wishes. If you want money, give it to those who want to travel, then organize a trip for those who want to travel. It can be flexible and it's not mandatory."

Jiang Ning asked her: "Are you planning to go out alone?"

Kong Fangfei said: "I must bring my husband, children, and my parents-in-law!"

Jiang Ning asked: "Who will bear the expenses of the family members? Do you want the farm to bear it?"

Kong Fangfei said: "My year-end bonus is enough to bring my family with me."

Jiang Ning asked: "Is there still not enough?"

"This……"

Kong Fangfei was stuck. This was obviously a spur-of-the-moment proposal. She hadn't thought about it yet. After a while, she came up with a solution: "We can set a standard. Each person's travel expenses are equal to their year-end bonus. Let the employees decide whether to bring their families with them. If they don't bring their families, they can go alone. If they want to bring their families with them, they have to pay for the extra expenses themselves."

Jiang Ning put down his pen and said, "Some employees only get 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in year-end bonuses, which is barely enough for one person's expenses. But you're taking your whole family out with you. What do you think other employees will think?"

"This……"

Kong Fangfei was dumbfounded, not that she couldn't imagine it.

But I didn't think about it at all.

After giving the boss this reminder, I finally came to my senses.

I suddenly didn't know what to say.

Jiang Ning continued to sign: "So don't give me such bad ideas again. If you want to go out, just spend your own money."

Kong Fangfei: “…”

It took Jiang Ning more than ten minutes to sign all the forms and bills.

Kong Fangfei took it back and asked, "Will you attend the Women's Day event tonight?"

"I'm not going to participate."

Jiang Ning shook his head. It was a women's festival, why should he interfere?

The holiday allowance has been distributed, one thousand yuan each to all female employees.

You can celebrate however you want, he just doesn’t want to join in the fun.

Go downstairs and call Wang Qiang to drag the helicopter out.

Check to make sure there is nothing wrong.

Fly to two games.

I first took a look at the water diversion project, which has already begun to be completed.

I took a look at the trees I planted last year. They have grown as thick as my wrist.

If it grows another month, it can be sold as rafters.

I looked at the pastoral area again. The 100,000 mu of pastureland that was planned in the early stage was divided into hundreds of small plots. The largest was 2,000 mu and the smallest was only 100 mu. Each grassland was surrounded by trees, houses and cow sheds.

They are all the cheapest color-coated steel tile houses, and the quality is average.

But it's no problem to shelter from wind and rain.

It was just the beginning of spring, and the wilderness outside was still barren.

The pastures in the pasture area are already green and lush.

Workers were installing the sprinkler system and there were people everywhere.

This pastoral area is very expensive, with more than half of the 400 million yuan spent last year being spent here.

The land preparation was easy, the terrain here is flat and the cost was not too high.

But building a house, installing a sprinkler system, and so on, are all big money-burning projects.

Especially when building cattle sheds, no matter how cheap the color steel tile houses are, they cannot withstand the large quantity.

Jiang Ning circled in the sky before flying to the office building.

The construction of the first airport was not well planned and no helipad was reserved. However, the planning of the second airport was very thorough, and sufficient area was reserved for the office compound, with a helipad reserved specifically for it.

I went upstairs to the office and called Cao Junqing to ask about the situation.

Jiang Ning asked: "How many reservations have been made in the pastoral area?"

Cao Junqing's face was bright red as he said, "A total of 56 grasslands of various sizes have been reserved, including 100 small grasslands of 38 mu, 200 medium-sized grasslands of 13 mu, and 500 large grasslands of 5 mu. No one has reserved grasslands of more than mu."

Jiang Ning asked, "Why is it so smooth?"

Cao Junqing said: "Most of them are reserved by farms around Bei'an. These farms basically bought grass in one place last year and the year before last. It is said that the cattle will no longer eat wheat straw and corn stalks after eating grass in one place. Those farmers have no choice but to book the pastures as soon as they start to rent them out. Not many people from other places come here to engage in breeding."

Jiang Ning said, "That's bullshit. When people are starving, they eat dirt. How can animals not eat when they are hungry?"

Cao Junqing said, "People are picky about food, and so are animals. Although they will eat anything when they are hungry, they are still picky. Of course, the main reason is that those farms think it is profitable. They pull grass from the first farm and know the specific situation. The trees planted last year have grown as thick as wrists. Those people are very smart. They can tell from the trees that the grass in the second farm is the same as that in the first farm. Of course, they have to make reservations. The cost of fodder for a cow is one thousand yuan a year, which is much lower than the cost of keeping them in captivity."

Jiang Ning asked, "How big is the pasture that my cousins ​​reserved?"

Cao Junqing said: "A large grassland of 500 acres."

Jiang Ning was surprised: "Five hundred acres?"

Cao Junqing nodded and said, "Yes."

Jiang Ning was very surprised that his two cousins ​​were quite courageous!

He knew that Jiang Wei and Jiang Ze had been doing this after the Chinese New Year.

But I didn't know that the two of them had booked a large grassland.

After chatting for a while, Cao Junqing went to do his work.

Jiang Ning called Jiang Ze: "Where is Brother Ze?"

Jiang Ze said, "I was in the pastureland cleaning up the pasture. Are you back?"

Jiang Ning hummed: "Is Wei Ge here?"

"here I am!"

"You two come to my office."

After that, he hung up the phone.

The pastoral area was quite far away, and we waited for more than ten minutes before the two people came over.

I poked my head in the doorway and saw him sitting behind his desk.

As the two walked in, Jiang Ze joked, "The chairman's office is very majestic. People who don't have a few hundred million in assets don't dare to come up here. As soon as I got to the third floor, I felt my calves cramping."

Jiang Ning said, "Then you two go back first, I'll find you when I'm free."

Jiang Ze leaned over and said, "You really served it."

Jiang Ning said: "Who told you to talk nonsense?"

The two of them chuckled and sat down on the sofa on the side.

Jiang Wei asked, "Have you bought the farm in Australia?"

Jiang Ning hummed, "It's accepted. I heard you ordered a 500-acre pasture?"

Jiang Ze nodded: "I just ordered it two days ago."

Jiang Ning asked, "Why do you order such a large amount? How much do you plan to invest?"

Jiang Wei is ambitious: "Opportunities are rare. If you want to do something, do something big. It's boring to do small things. You can't make much money by raising a few hundred or a thousand cows in a year. If you want to make big money, you have to invest a lot of money."

Jiang Ning asked: "How much money do you plan to invest and what will you do?"

Jiang Ze continued: "Prepare to cast 1500."

Jiang Ning was a little surprised: "Do you and Wei Ge have so much money?"

Jiang Wei said: "There are several shareholders. I raised 1500 yuan, the eldest brother raised yuan, and my two cousins ​​also wanted to join. They each raised yuan, and my eldest cousin invested yuan. The total amount raised was yuan."

Jiang Ning was surprised again: "Zhou Aiguo is also involved?"

Jiang Wei chuckled and said, "Of course, there are many smart people these days. All the farms that have pulled grass from the farm before have ordered the pasture. Old Zhou is not stupid, so how could he not see the opportunity?"

Jiang Ning looked at the two of them and said, "That's incredible. I didn't expect your family background is so rich."

Jiang Ze immediately cried poor: "What the hell, it's all loans, and I borrowed money from relatives. I borrowed 100 from my uncle, and several aunts raised 50. My dad lent me some, and the rest is all bank loans and loan sharks."

Jiang Ning cleaned his ears, got rid of all the nonsense, and asked Jiang Wei: "Where did Wei Ge get the money?"

Jiang Wei looked stressed: "I have several hundred thousand yuan myself, all earned from working in the canteen last year, and I borrowed several hundred thousand yuan from others for the rest, a hundred yuan from the bank, and my dad raised fifty yuan for me, and I took out some loans."

Jiang Ning asked, "Second uncle hasn't saved three or five million yet?"

Jiang Wei looked speechless: "What are you thinking? He only gets a salary, how can he get so much? Five hundred thousand is just enough for his last days. If I lose money this time, my parents will probably not recognize me as their son."

Jiang Ning wanted to laugh and said, "What are you going to do? 1500 seems not enough for such a large grassland."

Jiang Ze said: "I plan to raise beef cattle instead of cows. Raising cows is too troublesome and requires a huge investment. A cow costs more than 10,000 yuan, and 3,000 cows would cost 40 million yuan. Moreover, the risk is high. If you buy a sick cow that can't give birth to a calf, you will lose a lot. It is safer to raise beef cattle. A calf costs 5,000 to 6,000 yuan, and you can sell it for more than 10,000 yuan after raising it for two years. It is safer than a cow."

Jiang Wei was also doing the math: "Five hundred acres of grassland can raise three thousand cows. Excluding the miscellaneous expenses, a cow can be sold for about 12000 after two years of raising, which means a profit of five thousand. Raising three thousand cows in two years will pay off."

Jiang Ning reminded: "Don't be too optimistic. If you can buy one or two hundred cows nearby, it's not a big problem. But you definitely can't buy thousands of cows nearby. If you go out to buy them, who knows if the cows have any problems? You are all idiots. Who can take care of cows? Even among the cows I raised, three died of illness within a few days. Have you ever thought about this?"

Jiang Ze said: "We have taken this into consideration. With a 3% loss rate, even if of the cows die, that's a loss of . These are normal losses, so it's not a big problem."

Jiang Ning nodded. He had reminded him of everything he needed to, so he didn't say anything more. He asked his second cousin again, "How is Guo Youping?"

Jiang Wei said: "He was sentenced to 13 years."

Jiang Ning was surprised: "It's so long. I'm 57 this year, but I'll be when I come out."

Jiang Wei put on a fake smile and said, "My second cousin has had a glorious life. It's not a loss at all."

(End of this chapter)